Late Cretaceous Epoch

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Australian geologic history

...Shelf. Rifting between Australia and Antarctica started in the Late Jurassic and culminated with the separation of the continents and the beginning of (very slow) seafloor spreading in the Late Cretaceous (about 100 to 65 million years ago). The other momentous event at this time took place in eastern Australia. The shallow sea that had covered nearly half of Australia during...

dinosaur fossils in Canada

During the Late Cretaceous, the area of the modern park was a swampy river delta containing a dense subtropical forest of palms and giant redwoods. Over the course of time, silt deposited by the river became sedimentary rock that preserved dinosaur remains. Glaciers later carved out the badlands, exposing the fossil beds. The present-day landscape is intersected by Red Deer River and...

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